CVE-2008-4993 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4993
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Description: qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016 CONFIRM http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1 http://bugs.debian.org/496367

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